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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What movie does Tree think Dab looks like he might be in, when she visits him later?

2. Where does Tree find herself when she goes to see Brother Rush?

3. What does M'Vy say is Dab's problem?

4. What happens when Tree and Dab walk around while Brother Rush is sleeping?

5. What are Tree's feelings in the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does M'Vy say when Tree and Dab tell her about their experiences with Brother Rush?

2. Describe Tree's relationship with Silversmith.

3. What happens when Miss Pricherd cleans Dab's room?

4. What makes Tree think of Dab when she is at home alone?

5. Describe Tree's discovery of Dab's death.

6. What does Tree see when she and M'Vy are transported back to the past together?

7. What does Tree see when she takes off Brother Rush's gloves?

8. What happens when M'Vy follows Tree into the little room?

9. How is the relationship with Tree and Miss Pricherd different at the end of the book?

10. What ails Brother Rush?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the advantages and disadvantages of Virginia Hamilton's writing in dialect? Does it make the story easier or harder to follow? Does it make you feel like the characters are more alive, or more like puppets? Where does the dialect really work? Where does it seem like it doesn't work as well?

Essay Topic 2

Write an evaluative review of "Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush". What is this book's place in culture? What are its uses? Who is its audience? What are its limitations?

Essay Topic 3

What does Tree get in return for the loss of her brother? Is she compensated, or does she simply lose him?

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